The Church releasing new ‘Operetta’ EP, reissuing ‘Back With Two Beasts,’ ‘Shriek’

Fans of Aussie rock legends The Church have three reasons to do a bit of post-Christmas shopping this week: The band is releasing a brand-new EP — featuring a 34-minute jam, no less — and making two of its recent website-only discs available commercially worldwide.

Due out Tuesday, the four-track Operetta EP features material left over from the sessions that produced this year’s Untitled #23,the highlight of which, no doubt, is the aforementioned half-hour jam called “Particles Matter” that features Frank Kearns of Irish act Cactus World News on guitar. (See full tracklist below.)

While it features slightly altered artwork, Back With Two Beasts is not remastered or otherwise different from its original release. Shriek, however, has been remastered to correct significant audio problems with the initial release, and errors with the tracklisting and packaging also have been corrected.

While the three CDs are being released commercially for the first time this week, they also all are currently available through The Church’s website. Order here.